IRENE
ORTIZ,
M.D.
Department of
Psychiatry
PROFESSOR
ATTENDING PSYCHIATRIST, VAMC
M.D., Michigan State, 1984
Residency, University of New Mexico, 1985-89
Research Fellowship, University of New Mexico, 1989-91
FDA Psychopharmacologic Drugs Review Committee 2000-2004
National Advisory Committee, National Hispanic Medical Association, 1999-2005
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Areas of Specialization: Geropsychiatry, cultural psychiatry, mood disorders e-mail: irene.ortiz@va.gov Selected Publications: Ortiz IE, Romero LJ, Cultural Implications for Assessment and Treatment of Depression in Hispanic Elderly, Annals of Long-Term Care 2008;16(8):45-48 Ortiz IE, Torres, EC, Curanderismo and the treatment of alcoholism: findings from focus group of Mexican curanderos, Alcoholism Treatment Quarterly 2007;25(4):79-90 Romero LJ, Ortiz IE, Finley MR, Wayne S, Lindeman RD, Prevalence of depressive symptoms in New Mexico Hispanic and non-Hispanic white elderly, Ethnicity and Disease Autumn 2005;15:691-697 Romero LJ, PJ Garry , M Schuyler, DA Bennahum, C Qualls, L Ballinger, V Kelly, C Schmitt, B Skipper, IE Ortiz, RL Rhyne, Emotional responses to APOE Genotype disclosure for Alzheimer Disease J of Genetic Counseling 2005;14(2):141-150 Ortiz IE, LaRue A, Romero LJ, Sassaman MF, Lindeman RD: Comparison of cultural bias in two cognitive screening instruments in elderly Hispanic patients in New Mexico. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry 1997; 5(4); 333-338 Biosketch Dr. Irene Ortiz holds an M.S.W. from the University of California, Berkeley and graduated from medical school at Michigan State University and then came to UNM for her psychiatry residency followed by a research fellowship in psychoimmunolgy. In 1991 she joined the faculty in Department of Psychiatry as an attending psychiatrist assigned to the New Mexico VA Health Care System (NMVAHCS). Her research areas have included psychoimmunology, cultural issues, depression and dementia in the elderly. She is board-certified in psychiatry, addiction psychiatry and geriatric psychiatry and has served as an examiner for the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology (ABPN) since 1991. She currently serves on the Geropsychiatry Committee of the ABPN. From 2000 to 2004 she served on the U.S. Food and Drug Administration Psychopharmacology Drugs Advisory Committee participating on pharmacologic and public health discussions related to antidepressant and antipsychotic medications. Since its inception she has been active in the UNM BA/MD program. As a former social worker her interest in interdisciplinary teaching led to her active involvement with the UNM Geriatric Education Center where she lectured frequently to interdisciplinary audiences. Dr. Ortiz’s clinical practice at the NMVAHCS is primarily focused on older veterans and their geropsychiatric needs. |
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